Nov. 17, 2017 National Work Virginia Work Zones Zone Fatalities - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Team “NerDOT” Team Lead: Andrew Sweeney

• Nov. 17, 2017

National Work Zone Fatalities

Source: workzonesafety.org

• Crashes: 1,777
• Injuries: 870
• Fatalities: 10

(Numbers represent motorists and VDOT workers)

Source: VDOT Traffic Engineering

Virginia Work Zones

• 1. Raise awareness of work zones and incidents
• 2. Increase safety
• 3. Reduce congestion
• 4. Save lives

Goals

We call it “Zone Alert.”

Zone Alert

Zone Alert Summary

Problem Solution Unique Value Proposition Unfair Advantage Customer Segments

• Work zones can be

hazardous, w/ increasing deaths, crashes & incidents

• Driver behavior in work

zones is difficult to modify

• Current approaches do not

adjust driver behavior

• Plug-in that provides

targeted alerts integrated with existing navigation

• Save lives, improve safety, and

reduce congestion by raising awareness of work zones & incidents

• No existing nav platform

w/level of detail on work zones

• User Experience approach --

relevant data when driver needs it (vs. data dump)

• Simple to design & execute

w/ fast impact

• Built-in 250k+ starter user

base with VA511

• Massive, rapid scalability

to popular platforms (e.g., Waze, GoogleMaps)

• VA 511
• Waze
• Google Maps
• Other real-time

navigation platforms

• Other State DOT’s
• FHWA

Existing Alternatives Key Metrics Key Data Sources Channels Early Adopters

• None
• Number of users
• %Δ Fatalities in WZ
• %Δ Crashes in WZ
• %Δ Incidents in WZ
• %Δ Congestion metrics
• VA Roads – Projects in SYIP
• SmarterRoads.Org
• Beacons (Cones & Vests)
• Crowdsourced data (Waze, etc)
• VA 511
• Waze
• Google Maps
• Other real-time navigation

platforms

• Other State DOT’s
• FHWA
• Current VA 511 users
• Waze

Ok, great. But how is this different from what’s already out there?

Questions…(we have some too)

Areas of additional research…

• Locality, first responder and VDOT coordination to ensure

seamless integration.

• Crowd-sourcing to help us fill in the gaps?
• Localities able to submit work zones to 511 for inclusion in

Zone Alert app/plug-in.

• Scalable
• CAV
• Beacons

What’s Next?

Q & A Thanks for listening!

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